Chickened out at 0.3m!

[Bristolfashion]

Well, an absolutely wonderful sail from Tollsbury to Harwich, but arrived a little late for the Walton Backwaters - chickened out at 0.3m, so a night in Harwich & try again tomorrow. What a great piece of coast.

 

[pvb]

Sshhhh.....

 

[Concerto]

What, you chickened out with a whole foot under your keel. Oh, you are not an East Coast sailor, you are from the Solent = that explains your caution.

Please do not shout too loud about the East Coast as more Solent sailors may turn left rather than right as they leave.

 

[Sandy]

Was that under your keel or total depth of water?

 

[mrming]

I would hope total depth of water - surely.

 

[Bristolfashion]

Ha ha! That was under the keel - had it been reported to be mud, I'd have kept going, but the ECP says that the sand is as hard as concrete. Add the last hour of the falling tide and approaching dark, it did seem a little too much for a first timer!

 

[Bristolfashion]

In terms of sailing, I'm more from Australia. Why are there other boats about when I'm trying to sail & where are all the rail mounted barbies?

 

[capnsensible]

Bet you still couldn't see the bottom.....

 

[dune16]

0.3m is loads....on the East Coast ? going back to my old home marina (syh) it was pretty regular to show 0 under the keel ?

 

[johnalison]

Ha ha! That was under the keel - had it been reported to be mud, I'd have kept going, but the ECP says that the sand is as hard as concrete. Add the last hour of the falling tide and approaching dark, it did seem a little too much for a first timer!

Very wise. Concrete is about right, so I am told.

 

[zoidberg]

 

[penfold]

Peyton is an artist.

 

[zoidberg]

I learned more smallcraft seamanship from him and his books than all the RYA manuals put together....

( and so did Saint Tom )

 

[penfold]

One of my regrets in life is not having a funny enough boating anecdote to warrant being published on the back page and be immortalised in one of his drawings.

 

[Charlie Boy]

One of my regrets in life is not having a funny enough boating anecdote to warrant being published on the back page and be immortalised in one of his drawings.

I once lost the outboard in the Orwell, wife wrote it up and it actually got in,! Unfortunately it was second on the list of three, so we didn’t get the drawing either

 

[Daydream believer]

0.3m is loads....on the East Coast ? going back to my old home marina (syh) it was pretty regular to show 0 under the keel ?

I showed 0 under the keel trying to get into SYH last Friday evening. The bar stewards would not answer my VHF to tell me if there was a vacant berth & i was stuck in the entrance channel. To make matters worse i had got sea sick off the knoll & was just about all in. When i floated off I eventually went to Shotley who were far more accomodating. So a minus 1 for SYH

 

[Stemar]

For Solent sailors who'd like to try their hand at E Coast sailing without leaving home, there's always Ryde.

The last time I tried to go there, I chickened out with a foot of water under my keel, just after HW, and I drew change from a metre. The time before, a Westerly Berwick ended up parked a hundred yards or so short of the entrance

 

[Bristolfashion]

I've done Ryde - not difficult on the right tide but ....... !

If you don't mind leaning a bit, it's a great spot.

 

[Frogmogman]

I eventually went to Shotley who were far more accomodating.

So now you are relaxing by the Ganges ?

 

[Daydream believer]

So now you are relaxing by the Ganges ?

Not exactly. I stayed on the boat all day saturday to recover from Friday's sea sickness ( apart from going to pay the bill) Then motored home on Sunday, still not very well & certainly not fit for the original plan to sail to Lowestoft.